Author: Lubove, Roy
Title: The Professional Altruist : The Emergence of Social Work as a Career, 1880-1930
Description: Cambridge [MA], Harvard University Press, 1965. orig.cloth, dustwrapper.. 22x14cm, viii,291 pp. Some pencilled underlinings & marginal marks to the first 16 pages.. Minor rubbing. Good. In a rubbed dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Charity Organization & the New Gospel of Benevolence; From Friendly Visiting to Social Diagnosis; Mind & Matter: Psychiatry in Social Work; Inner vs. Outer Need: Psychiatry & Fregmentation; In-group & Out- group: The Molding of a Professional Subculture; Agency & Community: The Apotheosis of Efficiency; Federation & Bureaucratuic Imperative; Conclusion; Appendix: Professional Organization & Education since the 1930 s.

Keywords: American Social History, Sociology, United States, Social Work, Charities Charity, Poverty, , ,